SACRAMENTO, California (Ticker) -- Rookie Jason Williams atoned
for an awful effort during regulation with an impressive display
in overtime as the Sacramento Kings overcame the absence of
Chris Webber and knocked off the San Antonio Spurs, 104-100.

Without their best player, the Kings cooled off the league's
hottest team. San Antonio, which suffered only its fifth loss
in 31 games, had a seven-game winning streak snapped and missed
a chance to move within a half-game of Utah for the NBA's best
record.

Williams scored the first points in overtime, nailing a
3-pointer that put the Kings in front, 95-92, with 3:14 to go.
David Robinson answered with a 13-footer off a feed by Avery
Johnson, but Williams came right back with a runner in the lane
that made it 97-94 with 2:39 left.

Another nice feed by Johnson, who had 12 assists, led to a layup
by Sean Elliott that again cut it to one. Williams provided
another crushing blow to the Spurs' comeback hopes, spinning
away from Johnson and draining a fallaway baseline jumper for a
99-96 advantage.

"Our big men were great tonight, but Jason took us home in the
end," Webber said. "I love his game; I love that kid."

Williams scored half of his 14 points in the extra session after
connecting on just 2-of-14 from the field and committing five
turnovers during regulation. The former University of Florida
standout also contributed seven assists.

"I just keep playing my game throughout the game, whether my
shots are falling or not," Williams said. "Even late in the
game, I still want to shoot `em."

Jon Barry helped seal the win after Williams' jumper, stripping
Elliott and feeding former Spur Vernon Maxwell for a layup.
Barry added two free throws with 10 seconds left and Maxwell's
foul shot sealed the victory with 5.5 seconds to go.

Vlade Divac collected 27 points and 15 rebounds for the Kings,
who remained a half-game ahead of Seattle for the final Western
Conference playoff spot. Seattle defeated Utah earlier.

Divac made up for the void left by Webber, who missed his second
straight contest with a lower back sprain. Sacramento's top
scorer and rebounder, Webber also is questionable for Thursday's
game against the Los Angeles Clippers.

"I had to do extra work and find a way to help the team without
Chris being here," Divac said. "We need to, as a team,
understand that with Webber missing, someone has to step up.
Jon (Barry) and Max (Maxwell) have, and now me."

Tim Duncan had 32 points and 19 rebounds and Robinson added 17
and 15 for the Spurs, who had won the last six meetings in the
series.

"This is the NBA, you can't come into anybody's arena and expect
them to give (away) a game," Robinson said. "For us, when we
lose now, it's pretty much a self-inflicted wound. We've just
got to regroup and bounce back."

With the Spurs trailing 92-88 and less than a minute left in
regulation, Duncan followed a miss by Elliott to make it a
two-point game. Robinson stripped Divac before sprinting to the
other end for a layup that tied it with 14.1 seconds to go.

After Elliott double-teamed Divac and forced a turnover with 1.9
seconds left, Duncan had a chance to win it in regulation. The
MVP candidate ended up with an open look from six feet on the
right baseline, but his shot bounced in and out as time expired.

"We came out kind of flat in the beginning and got back into
it," Duncan said. "We kept fighting throughout and that gave us
an opportunity to get back into it and we had opportunity after
opportunity, but we just didn't make it happen."

Despite pushing the game to overtime, San Antonio never led
after Scot Pollard hit a tip-in with 10:08 left in the second
quarter that gave Sacramento a 26-25 edge. Pollard started in
place of Webber, contributing nine points and eight rebounds.

Later in the period, Divac buried a 19-footer that gave the
Kings their largest lead, 48-38. Sacramento went on to a 50-45
halftime lead behind 18 points from Divac.

A 14-footer by Johnson, who scored 15 points, pulled the Spurs
even, 55-55, early in the third. But the Kings quickly bounced
back and took a 79-73 lead into the fourth quarter.

Duncan scored eight points in the fourth to help San Antonio tie
it, but missed a pair of free throws early in overtime and did
not score in the extra session. The Spurs hit a mediocre
17-of-33 from the foul line, while the Kings were 24-of-33.

"Obviously, free throws killed us. That tells the tale, if
you're going to be in a tight game," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich
said. "As frustrating as it was, Sacramento played harder than
we did. They wanted this game badly and I thought they deserved
to win tonight."

Maxwell scored 16 points and Barry added 10 for Sacramento,
which won for the sixth time in seven games despite hitting just
6-of-25 3-pointers. San Antonio was even worse from beyond the
arc, making only 1-of-13.

"I thought this was really a gutty win by our team," said Kings
coach Rick Adelman. "Now we have a chance, if we just chip away,
to control our own destiny. That's all we can do is just keep
on winning."